AAH (All About Horsham) December 2016

DECEMBER 2016

INTRODUCTION: 5

The Problems Caused by Power Rangers/

We Should All Learn from a Local Tragedy

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have two sons, including an 11-year-old who catches the school bus every morning and afternoon.

There’s a routine to our day, parts of which will be familiar to many parents.

My wife and I often have a frustrated hunt around the house for school uniform, moaning as Ăœi w˜>Â?Â?Ăž w˜` ÂˆĂŒ ĂŒĂ•VÂŽi` `ÂœĂœÂ˜ ĂŒÂ…i side of the bed with the shirt still stuffed inside the jumper.

Then there are the last-minute panics, as my son remembers that he has after-school football >˜` Â…ÂˆĂƒ ÂŽÂˆĂŒÂ˝Ăƒ ˆ˜ ĂŒÂ…i Ăœ>ĂƒÂ…] ÂœĂ€ Â…i ˜ii`Ăƒ Â…ÂˆĂƒ iÂœ}Ă€>ÂŤÂ…Ăž …œ“iĂœÂœĂ€ÂŽ printing out and it can’t wait until tomorrow! “Great!â€? I will rage. “You could have told me half an hour ago when you were sat there doing nothing watching Power Rangers!â€?

Then, after another moment spent failing to convince him that he must wear a coat as it’s so cold birds are falling out of the ĂƒÂŽĂž] “Þ ĂƒÂœÂ˜ ĂƒiĂŒĂƒ Âœvv œ˜ Â…ÂˆĂƒ ĂƒÂ…ÂœĂ€ĂŒ Ăœ>Â?ÂŽ ĂŒÂœ ĂŒÂ…i LĂ•Ăƒ ĂƒĂŒÂœÂŤÂ° Occasionally, if he’s running late, we’ll jump in the van and I’ll drive him there. He’ll climb out nonchalantly and join his mates, who are usually trying to ĂƒĂ•VViĂƒĂƒvĂ•Â?Â?Ăž ÂźyÂˆÂŤÂ˝ ĂŒÂ…iÂˆĂ€ `Ă€ÂˆÂ˜ÂŽĂƒ bottles. *>Ă€iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒ ĂœÂˆÂ?Â? ÂŽÂ˜ÂœĂœ ĂœÂ…>ĂŒ “i>˜o

/Â…i˜] >ĂŒ ĂŽ\ÂŁx“] Â…iÂ˝Ăƒ L>VÂŽ >vĂŒiĂ€ > ĂŒÂˆĂ€ÂˆÂ˜} `>Ăž Âœv VÂ?>ĂƒĂƒiĂƒÂ° i yˆVÂŽĂƒ off his shoes, I’ll shout something >LÂœĂ•ĂŒ ÂŤĂ•ĂŒĂŒÂˆÂ˜} ĂŒÂ…i“ ˆ˜ ĂŒÂ…i Ă€>VÂŽ] before he dumps his bag in the middle of the hallway. ½Â?Â? ÂŤĂ€ÂœL>LÂ?Ăž >ĂƒÂŽ …ˆ“ >LÂœĂ•ĂŒ Â…ÂˆĂƒ day, but unless he’s played football or run cross country, I rarely get much out of him. He’ll sometimes groan “I had double French and R.Eâ€? as though he’s suffered a terrible ordeal. “ˆ}Â…ĂŒ >ĂƒÂŽ ˆv Â…i Â…>Ăƒ …œ“iĂœÂœĂ€ÂŽÂ° “Geography; but it doesn’t need ĂŒÂœ Li `œ˜i Ă•Â˜ĂŒÂˆÂ? ˜iĂ?ĂŒ ĂœiiŽ° i ĂŒÂ…i˜ ĂŒ>ÂŽiĂƒ > ĂƒÂ˜>VÂŽ ÂœĂ•ĂŒ ĂŒÂ…i cupboard or fridge. Yesterday, he `iĂ›ÂœĂ•Ă€i` > ĂœÂ…ÂœÂ?i ÂŤ>VÂŽiĂŒ Âœv >vv> V>ÂŽiĂƒÂ° /Â…iĂ€iÂ˝Ăƒ Â˜ÂœĂŒÂ…ÂˆÂ˜} Âœv …ˆ“t He goes up to his room, as I go >˜` VÂ…iVÂŽ ĂŒÂ…>ĂŒ Â…i ĂƒÂ…Ă•ĂŒ ĂŒÂ…i vĂ€Âˆ`}i°

AAH: DECEMBER 2016 Ben Morris

Wrote the articles

Toby Phillips

Took the photos

Thanks Jeremy Knight of HDC/Horsham Museum for providing

images and text for the Bandstand History feature Paul Vodden and the team at Wildwood PR, for information about The Vodden Report and images.

Benjamin Smith for additional art images.

Emily Summers for the RSPB Pulborough Brooks Column.

Heather Joy for arranging our meeting at Cocoa Loco.

Ben and Toby at Horsham Museum Never have I thought about his journey on the school bus. Not even for a second.

But in the last few days, it is something I have discussed with him. This follows my conversation with Paul Vodden.

In 2006, Paul’s 11-year-old son Ben came home from school.

He was sobbing as he was being called names on the school bus.

After a little chat to his mum about it, they shared a hug and Ben went to his bedroom.

A while later, Paul found his son.

Ben had hanged himself from his LĂ•Â˜ÂŽ Li`° It is of course an unfathomable tragedy and no doubt has had a lasting impact on many people.

ĂŒ LĂ€ÂœĂ•}Â…ĂŒ L>VÂŽ > Â?œ˜}‡vÂœĂ€}ÂœĂŒĂŒi˜ memory for me too.

When I was about 12-years-old, I was called by the frantic mother of a close friend at the time, who was in a different year to me at Forest School. He suffered from bullying and had tried to strangle himself with his school tie. I rushed to see him and vÂœĂ€ĂŒĂ•Â˜>ĂŒiÂ?Ăž Â…i Ăœ>Ăƒ œŽ>Þ°

I enjoyed my time at Forest and have many friends with fond memories of Tanbridge, the school Ben Vodden attended.

But we all understand that school can be a dreadful experience for some.

You may even recall names and faces from your own school days and perhaps have regrets about

things said or done long ago.

It’s easy to forget the heightened emotions you feel as a child.

Everything is so raw. You both love and hate people with an intensity that is only diluted with time. You form closer friendships than you’ll ever experience again >˜` ĂŒÂ…i wiĂ€ViĂƒĂŒ Ă€ÂˆĂ›>Â?Ă€ÂˆiĂƒ ĂžÂœĂ•Â˝Â?Â? iĂ›iĂ€ ÂŽÂ˜ÂœĂœÂ° And when things go wrong, it can Ăƒii“ >LĂƒÂœÂ?Ă•ĂŒiÂ?Ăž Â?ˆŽi ĂŒÂ…i i˜` Âœv the world.

There has always - and may forever be – a survival of the wĂŒĂŒiĂƒĂŒ element to growing up.

But that doesn’t mean simple ĂƒĂŒiÂŤĂƒ V>Â˜Â˝ĂŒ Li “>`i ĂŒÂœ “>ÂŽi ĂŒÂ…i journey less painful for some.

Since Ben’s death, Paul and his wife Caroline have campaigned for changes to legislation concerning dedicated school bus journeys.

Their motive may be emotionally-driven, but that `ÂœiĂƒÂ˜Â˝ĂŒ “>ÂŽi ĂŒÂ…iÂˆĂ€ >Ă€}ՓiÂ˜ĂŒĂƒ any less valid. Where else, Paul Â…>Ăƒ >ĂƒÂŽi`] `Âœ ĂžÂœĂ• w˜` xä children of different ages, all in one place without supervision?

They hoard on to a bus every day, in the sole care of a driver ĂœÂ…Âœ ÂˆĂƒ Ă•Â˜Â?ˆŽiÂ?Ăž ĂŒÂœ Â…>Ă›i >Â˜Ăž medical training and almost certainly cares little for intervening in cases of bullying. /Â…iĂ€iÂ˝Ăƒ ˜œ

/6 >˜` ˜œ `iw˜i` structure for reporting incidents.

For half an hour, twice a day, it’s Lord of the Flies.

So far, the Vodden family’s research and pleas for political help have fallen on deaf ears.

The bus companies, the education authorities, the transport ministers - nobody seems to care a great deal– despite the startling statistics and the simplicity of the solution.

In his interview with AAH, Paul said: “In an ideal world, it would be compulsory to have one trained adult on every school bus with the driver. But that costs “œ˜iĂžoÂť So, what price do we place on our children’s well-being?

Ben

CONTENTS

AAH

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AAH

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6: INTRODUCTION

ALL ABOUT HORSHAM

ALL ABOUT HORSHAM

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Horsham footballer wins Welsh FA Award, dodo ĂƒÂŽiÂ?iĂŒÂœÂ˜ >Ă•VĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜] >˜` Pudsey enjoys trip to town

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The Vodden Report Ten years on from the tragic death of son Ben, the Voddens hope to change school bus law

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The Yoga Garden is located in a yurt within the peaceful surroundings of the Knepp estate

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corner of the kitchen. It was here that the pictures seen in our Food & Drink article were taken.

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Bronwen Thomas has been named Women’s Young Player of the Year 2016 by the Wales FA. The award is the latest in a series of achievements for the former Horsham Sparrows player, and follows her call-up to the Wales

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Kissingate Brewery holds its Christmas Festival on Saturday 17 December, from 11am – 8pm. The brewery at Church .CPG (CTO 'UVCVG .QYGT Beeding, will be providing 12 beers of stillage including its award-winning milds, porters and stouts, with seasonal food and traditional live music.

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recently released song, Looks Like Rain.

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Rotary Club of Horsham needs volunteers who could help with collecting donations between 3 - 18 December in and around Horsham. HOST UK is seeking volunteers willing to welcome one or two international students into their homes for a weekend visit, weekend stay or during Christmas holidays. *GCVJƂGNF *QTUJCO .VF KU C charitable trust which aims to provide good quality care and support to older people. The charity is looking to appoint new trustees with good communication skills and life experience. Find more local volunteering opportunities by contacting Horsham and Mid Sussex Voluntary Action on 01444 258102 or email VolunteerCentre@hamsva.org.uk

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More than 300 people completed a survey distributed by Horsham Blueprint Neighbourhood Forum, as it develops the Neighbourhood Plan.

Whilst the information will take time to properly assess, respondents have overwhelming supported the need for more affordable housing, and that every new home should have at least one allocated parking space. People also expressed concerns parking fees and infrastructure around new developments.

Broadway star Ramin Karimloo will bring his unique brand of musical theatre hits and bluegrass to The Capitol on Friday 27 January. Olivier and Tony Award nominee Ramin is best known for playing leading roles in The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. Ramin and The $TQCFITCUU $CPFoU n.GCF /G *QOGo tour includes many musical hits.

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*GTKVCIG 7RJQNUVGT[ KP .QYGT Beeding has once again supported Charlie’s Beach Hut Fund, this time by donating an beautiful navalthemed chair for a charity auction.

After last year’s Army chair, Alison and Matthew Gooch made another chair in a similar style but with a navel uniform. It was sold for £500 for the Charlie Codling Beach Hut Charity.

The charity raises money to run a beach hut style caravan which provides a relaxing environment for families of children with life limiting illnesses. www.heritageupholstery.co.uk

Horsham Market hosts a Christmas Special in the Carfax on Sunday 18 December. As well as the usual array of local produce and boutique shopping, there will be festive entertainment and live music.

The market is also held every day from 17-24 December from 9am - 4pm. Meanwhile, the market has welcomed a new trader in Steak Expectations.

Grahame James, founder of Steak Expectations KU HWNƂNNKPI his lifelong dream to cook great steak for the people of Sussex.

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South Lodge Hotel played host to the annual Set4Success awards ceremony in October.

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Horsham Museum has opened its new Watercolour Gallery with a selection of outstanding paintings donated or purchased by the Friends of Horsham Museum.

Housed in the museum’s late 17th century panelled room, the Watercolour Gallery will showcase an ever-changing display of watercolours recently acquired by the Friends of Horsham Museum.

The gallery opens with two watercolours by Francis Nicholson and a further two by celebrated artist Peter De Wint. Two paintings on

display have been given to by Toovey’s auctioneers of Washington, including the painting Arundel Castle from the Downs by Gerald Ackerman.

It is only through the generosity of public and company donations, as well as the Frank Chasemore bequest, that the Friends of Horsham Museum can build a collection that does justice to the aspirations of the town.

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Small businesses can apply for Horsham district’s share of an £83,000 grant pot, available through a Local Enterprise and Apprenticeship Platform. If you are hoping to set up a new business, or want to grow your existing small business, or take on an apprentice, you can now apply for a share of these grant funds. Companies must have less than 20 employees and must be based in the Horsham District. The funding is available until September 2017. Visit www.horsham.gov.uk and search ‘Business Funding.’

%JTKUVOCU URKTKV ƂNNGF VJG CKT CU more than 150 Santas and Elves went head-to-head in a fun run for St Catherine’s Hospice in Horsham Park on 27 November.

Runners of all ages dressed in Team Santa or Team Elf T-shirts on a 4km route through the park, with Team Santa announced champions.

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Hundreds of young families enjoyed the Children in Need Halloween Party in Horsham town. Pudsey was accompanied by TV’s Dave Benson Phillips and some mascot friends from The Children’s Trust.

They performed three shows on the $CPFUVCPF VYQ QH YJKEJ YGTG ƂNOGF by the BBC, with the day’s events raising almost £2000 for Children in Need. The event was organised

by Horsham District Council, Food Rocks and Horsham Rotary Club, who

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Homeware store Dunelm opened in The Forum, Horsham, on 22 November. The store has taken over the former Beales site, helping to create in the region of 50 jobs in the town centre. Dunelm describes itself as the UK’s leading home furnishing retailer. www.dunelm.com

are national partners of Children in Need.

Highlights included a fancy dress competition, Wizzall the Wizzard‘s story telling, the Juggling Witch, dancing by Terra Nova, face painting

by Busydays, crafts with Ceramic Shack, halloween balloons by Kitty and Horsham Rotary’s Trick Or Treat 6TCKN +H [QW YQWNF NKMG VQ ƂPF QWV more about Horsham Rotary and how you could help, email horshamrotary@btconnect.com

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It costs ÂŁ1 with a prize at the end for all participants. Other activities this month include Elf workshops. www.horshammuseum.org

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Manor Theatre Group prides itself on producing a family pantomime that is messier, funnier and crazier than any other around!

This year, the local amateur dramatic society will perform Pirates Of the Carob Bean – The Curse of The Christmas Panto at North Heath Hall, St Mark’s Lane, Horsham, from 10 – 17 December. Cinderella and Prince Charming have gone on their dream honeymoon aboard Boaty McBoatface, which is boarded by the infamous Captain Redbeard and his crew. Tickets £10 (children £8) from 07771 524491 or www.manorhorsham.com

Clockhouse Podiatry in Horsham is supporting Horsham Community Responders by becoming a temporary Public Access &GƂDTKNNCVKQP 2#& UKVG #PPG Allen and Kathryn Tyler from Clockhouse Podiatry, wanted to do more to help after attending a Heart Start course run by the HCR. Through fundraising activities – including Slinfold craft and gift fair run by Anne and Pam Taylor – they were able to present HCR with £800.

Clockhouse Podiatry are also supporting Gary Marlow as he prepares for ‘Britain’s most Brutal Race’ in January. clockhousepodiatry.co.uk

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The development will deliver the biggest public “dry-sideâ€? leisure facilities in the district. +V JCU CNUQ DGGP EQPĆ‚TOGF VJCV the name of the new centre will be The Bridge.

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Horsham Boxing Club hosted a night of boxing at the Holbrook Club on Saturday 19 November.

A crowd of up to 400 people enjoyed a 16 bouts programme, with Horsham ABC boxers

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Katey Brooks performs at Coolham Live Music Club with her pianist on Sunday 18 December, from 1.15pm.

The Indie Award nominee is best described as a female Hozier. Her music has been played on Radio 2 and here she promotes her I Fought Lovers EP. Coolham Live Lounge is popular for its relaxed atmosphere, with the audience bringing their own nibbles and liquid refreshments. Tickets ÂŁ12.50 from coolhamtickets@gmail.com

Horsham Museum and Art Gallery are hosting a Pop-up Art and Craft Emporium, providing an accessible venue for local artists to exhibit affordable items. The exhibition includes work by Raymond Warren, Sue Collins, Julia White, Sarah &WHĆ‚GNF &CXG 7PUVGF 5WG )CKN Kerry Taylor, Lindsey Pearson, Carolyn Gibbs and wood carver Robert Fielding. The Emporium is open now until 31 December. www.horshammuseum.org.uk A group of young people taking part in the National Citizen Scheme (NCS) held a sponsored sleepout to raise awareness of homelessness in Horsham and West Sussex.

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competing in most of them, TGEQTFKPI Ć‚XG YKPU VJTQWIJ /CZ Cole, Luke Stevens, Jeter Berte, Ryan Thorpe and Phil Willis.

All of the boxers were well supported by the local crowd.

Kidenza, classical concerts for kids, brings a Christmas spectacular to Christ’s Hospital school theatre on 17 December, at 2pm. The concert fuses two Christmas classics with magical appeal - Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Disney’s Frozen – and is designed to appeal to babies, toddlers and primary school aged children. Tickets cost £12 with under 2s going free and available from www.kidenza.co.uk

deodorant and female hygiene products. Horsham MP Jeremy Quin visited the NCS group to support their efforts.

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John Davies, Horsham

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John tells of his experiences during the Second World War, from Tunisia to the Battle of Monte Cassino, and in later life how his Christmas paintings have helped raise money for local charities.

was born in Barry, Glamorgan in 1922. My father’s work was associated with the railways, but he died with illness when I was only 12. I had two younger brothers, Michael and Philip, who have pre-deceased me.

I attended The Royal Masonic School, an independent school for boys in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Schools were strict in those days, but I enjoyed my time there as I was reasonably bright and enjoyed sport.

After my father died, my mother took on a hotel called The Marcina in Worthing and I would stay there during the school holidays. I carried out various FWVKGU CPF O[ Ć‚TUV EJQKEG QH career was to go into the hotel business. My mother closed it

due to ill health and the site has long since been converted for apartments.

When I left school, I became a trainee at the Trocadero with the intention of eventually becoming a hotel manager. At the time, they called it ‘le premier restaurant du monde’ which was pushing their luck a little bit! As I had learnt French at school, which was spoken widely in the restaurant, I was making good progress. After two years of training, the war started and the bombs started falling on London, so the Trocadero was closed.

I took a clerical job instead and studied to become a chartered secretary. I found that I enjoyed the work as it was a lot less

time-consuming than hotel work and gave me time to relax.

I had taken an intermediate exam before joining the Army in 1942, when I was posted to the Derbyshire Yeomanry, a reconnaissance regiment. My knowledge of the French language from my hotel experience meant that I was useful as an interpreter as much as anything else.

We landed in North Africa in late 1942 and were involved in the battle of Tunis. We didn’t know quite what we were getting into really, as nobody seemed to be certain where the Germans were. They had formed a ring around the city of Tunis and it was some time before we advanced.

My squadron was reputedly the Ć‚TUV KPVQ 6WPKU 6JCV YCU VJG NCUV stand of the Germans in Africa and from there they capitulated.

We re-grouped in Algeria and crossed the Mediterranean Sea towards Italy. We landed at 0CRNGU KP + UCY O[ Ć‚TUV action of the war at the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was an important step towards the Allied forces breaking through to Rome. That was certainly the most dangerous part of my war as it involved a cavalry charge, in which we lost quite a lot of men.

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the hill, where the main attack was taking place. The Germans were truly entrenched, so we launched a cavalry charge from VJG ĆƒCPMU I was inside a tank on signals as we headed over the German trenches. The tank commander was just above me, leaning out QH VJG VCPM Ć‚TKPI JKU 6QOO[ IWP He was then shot in the head by a German soldier, and I had to lower him down inside the tank. At that point, we had to

pull out of the charge of course.

They are terrible moments even to talk about now, because we were all friends.

After we won the Battle of Monte Cassino, we advanced through Italy and by the following Christmas we were in Florence. The advancement stopped there, at least as far as tanks was concerned, so we were involved in infantry work in the hills around Castello during the winter with more

recreational time. The following spring, we moved from Pesaro as part of the push KPVQ #WUVTKC FWTKPI VJG Ć‚PCN stages of the war, and for a time I was involved in various patrols there.

As we were a reconnaissance Regiment for the 6th Armoured Division we were lighter than other regiments, which were hit harder than us. Our job was to IGV KP Ć‚PF QWV YJCV YCU happening and get out quickly

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z John and Michael, who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment

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to report. We had some losses in North Africa but our biggest losses were at Monte Cassino.

After the war, I was posted to Qassasin in Egypt, moving on to Libya and travelling home from Tripoli in 1946.

I rejoined the Territorial Army, commissioned to the Westminster Dragoons, which is now part of The Royal Yeomanry.

I served with the Dragoons until the 1960s and remain Vice

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After the war, I decided not to pursue a career in the hotel industry.

When I was working at the Trocadero, I would work from 10am - 10pm with two hours off in the afternoon. You’re committing to that every day. I had gained some SWCNKƂECVKQPU CU C EJCTVGTGF UGETGVCT[ UQ + YGPV DCEM VQ VJG ƂTO that I had been working for before my service.

1PEG + YCU HWNN[ SWCNKĆ‚GF + LQKPGF C company which operated a group of rubber and tea businesses in the Far East and Australasia. Through my contacts I helped my brother Michael - who had served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in Burma during the war - become a rubber planter in Malaya.

I became secretary of Idris Limited, a soft drinks company, working in Camden Town until it was taken over

by Beecham Products. From there, I was appointed secretary of Babcock International, which was then called Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. The chairman of the company was John King, who cut his teeth with us before becoming chairman of British Airways. I particularly enjoyed my NCUV Ć‚XG [GCTU QH YQTM RTKQT VQ retirement, when I was working in Crawley. The job involved a fair amount of travelling overseas for contractual and board meetings.

I served with the Territorial Army until 1963 and had some good times. I was with the TA right through the Cold War so we are always training. When I joined the Westminster Dragoons, we were a perfectly ordinary tank regiment. In time, we evolved to have more of a reconnaissance role. Long after I left, VJG USWCFTQP DGECOG VJG Ć‚TUV 0$% (Nuclear Biological and Chemical

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I left with a Territorial Decoration medal, awarded for loyal service.

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During the Suez Crisis of 1956, things looked bit dicey and I thought I might be called up for active service again. Thankfully, that died down. My penultimate camp with the Dragoons was in Northern Ireland. We took over the vehicles of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, a regiment of the British Army, and for a fortnight were based in Omagh, County Tyrone. The Territorial Army has a great social side and we would travel all over the country. At the same time, you are always preparing for the unexpected and there’s more chance of you being called up for commissioned service.

I met my wife Pamela at a party in South Kensington. I think a HTKGPF QH OKPG JCF VTKGF VQ ƂZ me up with somebody else, but Pam and I met instead!

We were married in the October of Coronation year and recently celebrated our 63rd anniversary.

We have two sons; Mark is a chartered surveyor and lives in Horsham, whilst Paul is a senior

partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 1998, I became chairman of Horsham District Arts Council, which ran three art exhibitions as well as events for young people.

In 1995, this evolved into the Horsham Arts Fanfare, formed under the chairmanship of Sir Michael Checkland, formerly Director General of the BBC. We brought some fantastic acts to the town, including Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

Now different people are trying to revive a local arts festival, which is good to see.

I have always enjoyed painting, although since retirement I have had much more time for it. I joined Horsham Painting Group and the Association of Sussex Artists (ASA) of which I am now President. I’m still painting now, although everything takes a bit longer when you’re 94-years-old.

I like to paint landscapes of my favourite places, including the hills of Corsica and Venice.

I’m a big fan of John Piper’s artwork. He is an artist I have

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always admired and I try to emulate some of his work. I have attempted to be more abstract on occasion and enjoy going out of my comfort zone.

I like living in Horsham. We came to live here before they built the by-pass and from the moment it was built the VQYP UVCTVGF ƂNNKPI KP CPF VJG VTCHƂE worsened. It may be overdeveloped but still it’s a nice town.

Through a friend I was introduced to VJG 5WUUGZ #UUQEKCVKQP HQT 5RKPC $KƂFC and was asked to create a Christmas card for the charity. It turned out to be very popular and I’ve been doing it ever since. My cards depict snowy scenes of Horsham, and they are sold at the Horsham Museum Christmas Card shop. I don’t make any money out of the cards of course, but it’s nice to be associated with it.

I still attend memorial services, although there aren’t many that I served with who are still alive. A group from my old regiment meet at the Cavalry Club once a year. I was at the Field of Remembrance in London for the service attended by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.

I think it was an absolute disgrace that the England and Scotland teams were not given permission to wear the poppy (during their recent World Cup qualifying match on Armistice Day). In no way is the poppy a political symbol.

Both teams wore them anyway and I couldn’t agree with them more.

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or the past decade, Paul Vodden has campaigned tirelessly on the issue of bullying on dedicated school buses.

In 2006, his son Ben committed suicide at the age of 11 after being bullied on the bus from his school in Horsham to his Southwater home.

At the inquest into Ben’s death, harrowing details emerged concerning the actions of the bus driver, who was among those reported to have been bullying him.

Paul has commissioned two reports after extensively researching the wider issues behind Ben’s tragic death. The Vodden Report, published early in 2014, provided evidence of UKIPKƂECPV DWNN[KPI QP FGFKECVGF school buses.

Then in September last year, an extended Vodden Report assessed the perspective of the drivers on school buses. Despite VJG UVCTVNKPI ƂPFKPIU QH VJG report, the family have not yet been able to bring about positive change to school transport legislation.

In November, Paul announced details of a collaboration with York St John University, which will explore the effectiveness of CCTV on school buses as a tool to help combat bullying.

Here, Paul - who now lives in Dorset with wife Caroline details his ongoing battle to put in place procedures that help protect both children and bus drivers.

‘There’s more legislation dealing with animals going to a slaughter house’

z The Vodden family lived in Southwater at the time of Ben’s tragic death at the age of 11

The study at York St John will focus on the effectiveness of CCTV on school buses. That will include looking at what kind of surveillance would work best and whether it is effective in providing data and preventing bullying.

Currently, it is up to individual bus companies to install CCTV cameras. There is no legislation requiring it and these studies will not change that. My hope is that we can take evidence from the study to the industry and say ‘if you want to manage bullying and behaviour on your buses, you need to do X, Y and Z.’

During our research for The Vodden Report, we spoke to DWU FTKXGTU YJQ FKFPoV ƂPF CCTV particularly helpful for various reasons. Some companies would have them turned off so they were just a dummy camera. Sometimes those who misbehave know where to stay out of the sight of the cameras. In some cases, the cameras were cheap models

and offered poor resolution.

The statistics revealed in The Vodden Report are clear. You could argue that neither survey is comprehensive but they are conclusive in that they highlight a problem and lift the corner of a dirty carpet. This issue has been passing under the radar but it’s very serious. Sadly, it’s an issue that we’re having FKHƂEWNV[ KP VT[KPI VQ TGUQNXG. I’m hoping that the study will EQPƂTO QT QVJGTYKUG VJG XCNWG of CCTV. It may transpire that the research says it is not adequate and we can then pursue other avenues, such as having a second adult on board school buses.

Having another adult on-board is - in my opinion - by far the DGVVGT QRVKQP 6JG FKHƂEWNV[ here is that you then have to make sure that person is trained properly in how to deal with children, and how to handle bad behaviour. And that costs money.

Bullying is not the only concern.

Earlier this year, a 13-year-old in Surrey suffered an epileptic seizure on a school bus. The driver was unable to treat the boy and he died. I have raised this point many times - where else other than school buses YQWNF [QW ƂPF EJKNFTGP unsupervised, except for a bus driver with no medical training?

Nobody wants to take responsibility for school bus journeys. I spoke to a director of a bus company and he explained that one of the troubles they have is that the transport is commissioned by either the local authority or the school, which in turn say ‘what happens on the coach is down to you and not us.’ The Children Act 2004 requires schools to

‘Where else other than the school bus would you JCXG children unsupervised?’

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have a responsibility for the behaviour of their children outside of the school grounds.

Yet there is a lack of knowledge among some schools.

School transport really started in 1946, when children living in rural communities could not get to school, so the schools sent buses to pick them up. In all of the time since, very little has changed in regard to the legislation concerning the care of children on school buses. I think it’s true that there is more legislation dealing with animals going to a slaughterhouse than there is children going to and from school.

I’ve not received any meaningful political support.

I spoke to a minister who didn’t

appear interested at all and seemed to be meeting me because my MP asked him too.

Former Dorset MP Annette Brook was excellent and raised the issue in the House of Commons before she retired.

Unfortunately our new Dorset MP isn’t so helpful.

One of the most common remarks I hear when talking to people about this issue, is that their own school bus journey was awful. That may have been many years ago. Why hasn’t anything been done?

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buses, then I would be inclined to say ‘job done.’ Or at least job partly done, in terms of something positive coming from what happened to Ben. Parents put their children on the school bus and never think it is a potential danger or hazard.

If you have a child using the school bus, I urge you to speak to your children, just so you know what is going on.

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“Autumn was coming and I thought it would be nice to set up a space outside around the pond and trees, where I feel a connection with nature,” said Nina. “I liked the idea of using a yurt which could also accommodate my massage therapies. So we started the business in the garden with two yoga classes a week.”

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Being at one with Nature

After three years at Sullington, Nina decided to look for a new home so that The Yoga Garden could offer retreats.

Having been asked by many students and teachers if she could offer accommodation on site, providing a place to stay became a key focus for Nina.

She found exactly what she was looking for in the heart of the re-wilding project on the Knepp estate in Dial Post.

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The yurt is located on the tranquil Knepp estate

‘Yoga gives people a much more positive outlook on life’

yurt certainly feel that Knepp is a special place with a positive energy.”

Since June, The Yoga Garden has been located next to the Knepp Campsite and Safari.

Now, many people practice yoga in the 24-foot yurt every week.

One of the teachers at The Yoga Garden is Jacqueline Wigglesworth, who studies many styles including Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga and Mindfulness and Restorative.

Jacqueline said: “I believe yoga gives people a much more positive outlook on life. You let IQ QH VJG QWVUKFG YQTNF CPF ƂPF out more of what is important to you. A yoga class can offer time away from certain situations and release some of the pressures of life.”

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Nina said: “There is always something going on here. We are running about 18 classes a week and our teachers have their own style. Some classes may involve poetry or inspirational quotes, some lean towards posture, others towards meditation.

“We have one class which has a different style of yoga from a different teacher every week, so the students come in with an open mind.”

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Nina says that with a wide range of courses for men and women of all ages, The Yoga Garden offers something for everyone. “Whatever happens to you along your journey and whatever life throws at you, there is always an element of yoga that can be a support to you,� she said. “Yoga brings balance to a person’s sympathetic nervous system, which makes it a good exercise for stress reduction. It’s good for the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the lymphatic system, and the body in general. It can have a positive impact on your life in so many ways.�

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Representational artist Benjamin Smith strives for perfection So, who’s this then?

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I guess that’s weird art then…

Not at all. No sharks in a cage or concepts of ‘unmade beds’ here.

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So, this is basically the way people used to paint?

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They use real life models?

They do indeed. They are required to sit still for half a day, every day for about four weeks. But they are used to it as LARA uses professional life models.

They would have them in that there London!

But even with professionals, there CTG CNYC[U UOCNN ƃWEVWCVKQPU YJKEJ Ben believes gives the art its character. “A Portrait drawn from life models or still life is a compilation of thousands of individual observations and the result can be so much more probing - in terms of the character – than you will get from a photograph. There are always

Picture by Toby Phillips

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movements and changes in portraiture and that is what gives the picture character and life. It is a three-way dialogue between the sitter, the artist and the XKGYGT CPF + ƂPF VJCV F[PCOKE fascinating.�

And Ben draws sculptures too?

Yes, particularly those depicting )TGGM QT 4QOCP Ć‚IWTGU including Greek poet Homer. “What captivated me was the texture of his beard,â€? said Ben. “Greek sculpture is highly ideologised as nobody’s beard looks like that. But it’s interesting to draw as you start seeing little shapes within it and you see stories happening within them.â€?

*G Ć‚PFU UVQTKGU KP VJG DGCTF! That’s my fault! When Ben made that quote, there was more context to it! Another of his pictures portrays Constanza Bonucelli, a married woman who Bernini fell in love with. Ben said: “It took the intervention of the Pope to resolve the quarrel between the sculptor Bernini and Constanza’s enraged husband!

A lot of the work that resonates with me has an interesting story.�

But does anyone buy pictures like this anymore?

Art is a weird and wacky world, as anyone who watched the BBC documentary on Christie’s auction house can testify. Yves Klein’s Untitled Blue Monochrome sold for $3.3m, leaving us to ponder how much the colour swatches at Homebase might be worth if only somebody would appreciate the ‘visceral energy’ they possess.

But that shows it is abstract art that people want‌ Representational art may not command huge hammer prices, but Ben feels perceptions are changing. “I liken the situation to that of music. It would have been an incredible shame if - around about the birth of rock ‘n’ roll the world decided that works by Mozart and people who wanted to compose in that way, were forgotten and classical music was consigned to the dustbin. That would be an absolute tragedy.

But in a sense, that’s exactly what has happened to art since the beginning of the 20th century.

You can attend a music college

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in any city in the world and learned the violin, much like you can learn the electric guitar. But for the most part, representational work was lost to the art world. Now, I think the world is coming back round to it.”

How did Ben come round to it in VJG ƂTUV RNCEG! He studied art at A-level whilst living in Birmingham but didn’t pursue it at university as “the tradition from painting from life had more or less died out.” He added: “It was actually frowned upon, almost like it was inferior to abstract or conceptual installation art.” Subsequently, Ben lost heart in the idea of art college and became a lawyer instead.

I was starting to like him!

Ben spend 10 years in Birmingham working on local authority contracts, but the sudden death of his father prompted Ben to review his life. He said: “My father was still working up to the day he died from C RWNOQPCT[ GODQNKUO CDQWV ƂXG years ago. He wasn’t feeling well so he drove himself to the doctors and died near the entrance to the surgery. It made me think about my life, and how you can’t just assume that you’re going to get up every day and carry on. That was the trigger for me to change my life.” So he decided to pursue his passion for art and follow in the footsteps of his famed grandfather.

His grandfather?

Robert Ball, who studied at the Royal College of Art and later became principal of Stroud Art College. Examples of his etchings and paintings can be seen in The Victoria & Albert Museum.

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‘When my father died, that was the trigger for me to change my life.’

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Ben said: “My grandfather was something of a child prodigy, so he started at art school when he was nine or 10. At the Royal College of Art he won every scholarship going, so he was quite an inspirational character.”

He would have been delighted that Ben was following in his footsteps?

Actually, he discouraged his family from pursuing a career in art. Ben recalls: “My grandfather was out of step in that he was always interested KP ƂIWTCVKXG TGRTGUGPVCVKQPCN YQTM at a time when it was at its least popular. It’s really only in the last 20 years that there’s been a revival of interest in representational studying, which was preserved by quite a small group of individuals at a handful of European academies in the 20th century but in the main was almost wilfully forgotten.”

Not by everyone though?

Indeed, but academies are still few and far between. LARA was established in 2008 and has already produced acclaimed artists including Luca Indraccolo, Helen Masacz and Lewis Hazelwood-Horner.

Why bother though; surely art is all about talent?

Ben says: “Natural ability can only get you so far and I feel that talent is a bit of a myth. People assume that artists are born fully formed and producing masterpieces, but that is not true. Occasionally, you might have a Leonardo or a Michelangelo, but virtually every other artist has to train very hard for many years. I was reading about the famed cellist Pablo Casals, who was asked when he was 86-years-old why he still RTCEVKEGF HQT ƂXG JQWTU C FC[ *KU response was ‘I think I’m starting to make progress.’ Every artist can relate to that.”

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What’s next for Ben? 6JG ƂTUV UVGR KU VQ EQORNGVG JKU LARA course in London. For his fourth year, Ben has received funding from the Royal Warrant Holders Association under a scheme called the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). It was established to help preserve British craftsmanship and Ben will be the QEST Sir Siegmund Warburg Scholar. After LARA, Ben hopes to pursue a career in portraiture.

Do I have to wait until then to see an exhibition of Ben’s work?

He has already exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, The Society of Graphic Fine Arts open exhibition at the Menier Gallery and the Where Craft Meets Art exhibition at Christie’s in London.

Anything more local?

Recently, Ben exhibited locally with the Horsham Artists Open Studios and Association of Sussex Artists. He’ll soon be displaying his work at Horsham Museum and Art Gallery. Ben said: “I’m very lucky that I live in a place like Horsham where

‘After LARA, Ben hopes to pursue a career in portraiture’

many people are interested in art and there’s a good number of artists working together.”

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his month we look at an iconic Horsham landmark that for over 100 years has been central to many of Horsham’s civic activities.

Horsham didn’t have a proper bandstand until 1892, but did have some temporary wooden structures.

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All shops were closed by 11.30am, when the children – about 800 including myself - assembled in the Causeway. Each child was provided with a knife, fork, mug and a ticket on which was printed ‘Victoria,

Crowned 28th June 1838.�

Headed by the band, the procession marched around the town, then to Swan Field, so called from its connection with the Swan Inn, West Street. ‘There was a temporary wooden bandstand erected, upon which the old Town Band played and drank, and drank and played again.’

Horsham becomes more civilised

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Grand Carnival Held in Horsham

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Yet it still holds some secrets.

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Surreal Experience

Head chef Ian Swainson and sous chef Johnny Stanford

Michelin-star chef takes creative inspiration from Art

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ou can make a case for cooking - even in its simplest form - being an artistic process.

For instance, is there an art to boiling the perfect egg?

However, the new head chef at The Pass at South Lodge Hotel is taking this a step further with dishes directly inspired by his favourite artists.

Ian Swainson cites surrealist Joan MirĂł as an inspiration and VJKU KPĆƒWGPEG KU GXKFGPV KP JKU exciting, occasionally daring menu.

Several dishes are presented almost as if they are small works of art, ready to be discussed and debated by diners, who have the added bonus of eating them.

Like a trip to a modern art gallery, The Pass menu is full of talking points. It’s unusual and divisive. At times, it may leave you pining for something more traditional. But still, you can’t deny it’s fun!

Finding Balance in the South

Ian has stepped into the sizeable boots of former head chef Matt Gillan, who led The Pass to new heights during his time in Lower Beeding.

With Matt preparing for a new business venture, the timing was fortunate for Ian, also a Michelin-star chef. “I had been working at The Samling at Windermere, where I earned one star for three consecutive Michelin guides. “It was a good job for me, but I wasn’t particularly happy living in the Lake District and wanted to move somewhere close to Brighton. “I was looking for a good work/ life balance and felt that to do that I needed to come down south, closer to where I grew

up. I believe that in order to be as inspired and creative as you can be, you need to be happy in every aspect of life. “I moved down to Brighton without a plan, but found it TGCNN[ FKHĆ‚EWNV VQ Ć‚PF C LQD When you have a Michelin star on your CV, there are only certain jobs available to you. “After some time, I stumbled upon The Pass. Matt was moving on, so my timing was fortunate.â€?

A Surreal Approach to Creating Dishes Having taken on the head chef role in April, Ian quickly set about stamping his mark on the menu.

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Inspiring the Next Generation

With The Camellia, South Lodge’s other restaurant, offering a more conservative menu, there is scope for The Pass to take risks.

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It also creates an inspiring working environment for the next generation of promising chefs at South Lodge.

Ian said: “As a young chef, I worked at several restaurants where - if you asked why something was done the answer was ‘because I said so!’ “We don’t want to be like that. I want my team to understand every single ingredient on the plate. That helps them to better portray ideas to the customer. “There is a very good atmosphere amongst the team here. There’s usually a bit of a divide between the front of house team and the kitchen, but I set my stall out on day one that we are part of the same team. “Because of the layout of the restaurant, there is a mutual respect.

‘Geometrics is a clear nod to the chef’s passion for abstract art’

Breads at The Pass

chef’s love of art came to the fore.

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Sometimes it works better than others, but generally our dishes are very well received.�

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“Still, I absolutely believe in driving forward in every department of the restaurant, starting from the moment people walk through the front door.�

Earthy Themes for a Daring Menu

There are two menus available; an eight-course menu for ÂŁ80 (with a sommelier pairing for ÂŁ70) and a 10-course menu for ÂŁ90 (pairing for ÂŁ80).

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The bread came with a mushroom meringue and reindeer moss, sourced from a Nordic nation.

If the thought of dining out to a diet of a grazing Scandinavian mammal doesn’t appeal, then it’s worth noting that the couple dining next to us asked for a little more! +VoU HTKGF VQ IKXG KV GCTVJ[ ĆƒCXQWT establishing a theme that would crop up throughout the evening.

The menu story begins with Crab in the Shell. An edible clay lid covers the centre of a ceramic shell dish. Underneath the lid, we enjoyed the warm and earthy ĆƒCXQWTU QH ETCD OGCV YKVJ JKPVU QH YCNPWV CPF GNFGTĆƒQYGT CNN beautifully enhanced by a green olive puree, which gave the dish a dose of colour too.

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Geometrics

Out of the Embers

A Little Heaven in Hell

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There are some subtle tastes from a thin, triangular slice of sherry vinegar jelly and a salty celeriac, with a dollop of tarragon mayonnaise delicately placed within it. Stealing the limelight here though is the smokiness of a dark celeriac ball.

Whilst the modernistic concept of the dish hinted at a menu of playful colour, the next dish – entitled Black – suggests that the chef likes to keep people guessing.

Here, black rice paella has EWVVNGĆ‚UJ CV KVU JGCTV YKVJ EWVVNGĆ‚UJ KPM CPF EWVVNGĆ‚UJ DNCEM TKEG crackers.

Whilst the gothic appearance FKFPoV TCKUG C UOKNG VJG ĆƒCXQWT generated by the cephalopod and its ink sac certainly did. One for the ‘more pleasant than it looks’ category.

A consistent earthy theme to the OGPW YCU RGTJCRU DGUV FGĆ‚PGF D[ the fourth dish, Deer in the Wood.

Venison tartare formed the heart of this sublime autumnal dish, with shiitake ketchup, roasted shiitake, puffed spelt and sorrel leaves, all ĆƒQCVKPI KP C YQPFGTHWN YQQFNCPF consommĂŠ.

The menu could quickly travel the entire width of the colour spectrum. This was demonstrated once again as we went from black to autumnal to white with ‘A New Italian Classic.’ Personally, I found the dish to be more of a concept dish and it left me underwhelmed.

Here, the taste and texture of pasta has been replaced by a pasta foam.

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Bringing the Lardo in from Tuscany

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Arguably though, the most intriguing dessert is on the eightcourse menu. Out of the Embers includes horchata mousse and a EJCTEQCN ĆƒCXQWTGF KEG ETGCO YKVJ smoked meringue. The concept came from the greys and whites produced in the kitchen barbecue from a salmon dish made in the summer.

The chefs looked at how to translating it in to a dish, and charcoal ice cream is the result.

The effect is odd but brilliant!

Grouse in the House

The meticulously detailed ‘Aromas of the C-word’ is a small pot of a pine custard with a candied pine crumb and cranberries, and a white EJQEQNCVG DCMGF YCHGT NKF Ć‚PKUJGF with pine granite. It looks incredible and tastes every bit as good.

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Menu Gives Plenty to Talk About

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This could be applied to The Pass menu. It is daring and modernistic, and there will almost certainly be pieces that might not be to your taste. However, consideration has been given to every morsel.

Whilst some way people may prefer an oil painting of the South Downs, The Pass menu will reward a more adventurous palette. You’ll certainly be talking about the experience long after leaving, which is always a sign of good art!

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The Volunteers behind the rich history at Horsham Museum

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Being a council-run museum, there is simply not the manpower to endlessly sieve through everything that comes in.

So, the museum relies on a small, devoted team of volunteers to sort through and catalogue each item.

Jeremy Knight, Museum & Heritage 1HĆ‚EGT UCKF p8QNWPVGGTU JCXG DGGP the bedrock of the museum’s success. Every day, they drive to ensure that the collections are catalogued, sorting through 90 years of collecting, to enable the museum to function properly and offer services to the public. p9G QYG C ITGCV FGCN VQ VJG volunteers. The internationallyrecognised Reminiscence service was set up by museum staff, but JCU DGGP TWP CPF ĆƒQWTKUJGF YKVJ C very small team of volunteers. The award-winning garden, created by dedicated volunteer Sylvia Standing, continues to develop and grow due to her successors. p6JG PWODGT QH GZJKDKVKQPU YG mount is only possible due to volunteer handymen who paint, hang, frame and build a range of different things.

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The Slide Specialists

ave you ever moved into a new house and found a box of old documents and diaries in the attic and had a feeling that it was too important to lob in the bin?

Or inherited a suitcase full of old photographs and slides from a relative and thought ‘surely these have some importance?’ I haven’t either‌ But clearly a lot of people have, and many of these boxes, bags and bin liners of long-forgotten photos, diaries, documents, slides, postcards, newspapers, artefacts, videos and paraphernalia end up at Horsham Museum.

Margaret Matthews & Julie Mitchell

Julie: Photographic slides are our prime HQEWU 9G JCXG VJQWUCPFU VQ IGV VJTQWIJ and currently we’re working on part of the Cramp collection. Cecil Cramp’s collection came to us in three loads, in 2004, 2008 CPF CPF YGoXG PGCTN[ ƂPKUJGF documenting them all now!

Margaret: Fortunately, Julie has lived in Horsham all her life, so her knowledge is useful when it comes to identifying locations in pictures. Julie recognises places that I wouldn’t know, because the layout of Horsham has changed so much over the years. The volunteers have a lot of fun discussing photos and working out what or where they relate too.

Julie: 9G ECP QHVGP FCVG RKEVWTGU D[ people’s fashion or by the cars. If there’s an Austin 7 there, then you can take an educated guess, but many photographs we receive have no date or caption.

Julie: People visit the museum regularly YKVJ DQZGU CPF CUM n&Q [QW YCPV VJKU!o Jeremy Knight will look it over and decide.

Quite often they are items found in the attic and people don’t want to throw it out in case there is something important.

Everything we keep goes into the temperature controlled archive room.

Margaret: Jeremy has pointed out that we need to be collecting items from the current day, especially from events like the local campaigns on the EU Referendum because it’s all tomorrow’s history.

Julie: I don’t think the council realises what they have in Jeremy. He does so much over and above his role as he has a genuine passion for local history.

Margaret: He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Horsham!

,WNKG 9GoXG TGEGPVN[ DGGP JCPFGF CP enormous amount of images from the council. The council photographer recorded numerous occasions including Royal visits and town events. They also surveyed the town centre shops in 1981 and 1999 so that’s useful for us to have.

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Caring for Costumes 'FYKPC 9KNNUJGT I look after the costume collection at the museum and - along with my friend Barbara - have catalogued every item.

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I love costumes and have always been a designer and maker. I have a reference library at home and it’s been wonderful to see photos of a richly-embroidered, 18th century men’s waistcoat and

then being able to handle the real thing at the museum. For me, it’s lovely to be entrusted with these incredible costumes.

9JCV [QW UGG KP VJG ECDKPGVU KU LWUV C UOCNN RGTEGPVCIG QH VJG OWUGWOoU EQNNGEVKQP 9G JQRG that once everything is properly catalogued, the information can be made available to the public, so others interested in costumes and fashion can see what we have.

There is a family feel at the museum and the staff truly appreciate the work of the volunteers. I have learnt so much here as everyone is very generous with their knowledge.

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A Lad of Letters Hugh Clark

My favourite thing is reading QVJGT RGQRNGoU NGVVGTU 9G JCF a bag delivered anonymously which was full of them. It was found in the roof of a house in Bedford Road. Over the course of two and a half years, I read them all and catalogued each one, learning quite a lot about Horsham families.

The letters were all saved by a girl called Florence Frost, QT (NQTK 9G UJCTG C DKTVJFC[ so I felt a connection to her, although Flori was born in 1870.

She saved letters from the age of 12 until her early 20s, when she married John Stevens who ran the ironmongery where 9KNMQ KU VQFC[ The letters reveal much about 8KEVQTKCP NKHG 5JG YQWNF VTCXGN all over the country by railroad to see friends and relatives. Flori also kept a cash record of money she received for errands and what she had spent it on,

so we have an idea of what a [QWPI 8KEVQTKCP IKTN NKMGF VQ DW[ It was mainly ribbon, fabric and buttons!

I’m currently cataloguing over 1,000 documents all relating to transactions in Horsham over the last 400 years. These documents came to us when *QTUJCO &KUVTKEV %QWPEKN OQXGF QHƂEGU 6JG[ YGTG CNN DGKPI thrown out but Jeremy rescued them as he felt they had historical value. It’s a lengthy LQD DWV KVoU KPVGTGUVKPI CU VJG documents cover places like the Carfax and are about people who contributed to the town’s history by buying, selling, leasing, renting or going bust! + ƂPF VJG YQTM JGTG HCUEKPCVKPI + JCXG PQ JKUVQTKECN SWCNKƂECVKQPU but I’ve always been interested in the whole orbit of history, so I learn so much here. I use Google constantly to look things up, as the letters and documents are referencing things that I’ve never even heard of!

I was initially a member of a local history group which evolved into The Museum Society. A few of us in the Society wanted to be more involved in local research, so started cataloguing items for the Museum.

Over time, the Society became The Friends of Horsham Museum, which is a charity that supports the museum by raising funds. Some of us volunteers here are also Friends, but many are not and are here as they are interested in local history.

As volunteers, we receive our instructions from Jeremy and we CNN JCXG FKHHGTGPV LQDU VQ FQ (KQPC Murrell and I like to sort through books and documents. Currently, we’re looking at documents relating to Amberley Manor. Much of it appears to be from when the house YCU UQNF CHVGT VJG (KTUV 9QTNF 9CT 9GoTG CNUQ UKHVKPI VJTQWIJ C DKI DQZ full of documents relating to the 9QOGPoU +PUVKVWVG CPF VJG %CTHCZ market they used to organise.

Delving in Documents

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The museum needs to decide what is important and needs to be kept, CU URCEG KU NKOKVGF 9G NGCXG VJCV decision to Jeremy as he sees possibilities we hadn’t considered. If he thinks something is worth keeping, we will catalogue it.

I don’t know where Jeremy gets all QH JKU KFGCU HTQO 9G YGPV VQ VJG exhibition by Gordon Rushmer who talked about his war paintings and it was absolutely fascinating. It’s rare to have such things happening at a local museum. The introduction of the art gallery has been a very good idea, as it’s attracting new people.

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‘I learn so much here and use Google constantly to look things up’

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4KEJCTF &CXKGU I’ve been volunteering at the museum since 2009. I was volunteering for the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and wanted a change. I am interested in history and genealogy, so when I saw this role whilst at *QTUJCO 8QNWPVGGT Centre, I thought I would give it a go.

I didn’t adopt a specialist area, but one has been adopted for me! Along with a colleague, I look at new photographs that come in to the museum.

This involves scanning, editing and cataloguing every photograph that comes in for the archives.

The database of images is getting bigger all the time. You never quite know what’s going to EQOG KP CPF YG CNN GPLQ[ coming here because the work is interesting. I also like the social side, as we all have a good chat during the tea-break.

Somebody here is always working on something that is unusual, surprising or of general interest. It might be postcards from a prisoner of war camp in Germany with a swastika stamped on the back, or a photograph showing a celebration and we all have to put our heads to discover what it might relate to. You can usually ƂPF QWV D[ NQQMKPI CV VJG clothing or the vehicles in the picture.

The work is always a challenge. If I look at the next picture in the box I’m working through, it’s a photo of pupils at Horsham School for Girls in 1976. It’s too big for our scanner, so will need to be stitched together.

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I’ve been a volunteer at Horsham Museum for about eight years. I FQPoV JCXG CP[ URGEKƂE FWVKGU KP terms of sorting photos or documents, so I help people around the museum and provide tours on Thursday mornings, and other dates by arrangement.

Primary schools in the area still arrange visits and it’s nice to inspire young people. Some teachers are so young that they don’t know an awful lot about the town’s history, so it’s nice to be able to help them.

Children are always interested; they all want to talk at once and there is always one who knows GXGT[VJKPI + Ć‚PF VJCV VJG DQ[U tend to like the crime and punishment section of the OWUGWO CPF VJG OWOOKĆ‚GF ECV YJKNUV VJG IKTNU GPLQ[ VJG VQ[U CPF costume displays.

Only this morning, I was showing around a group of visitors who were particularly fascinated by the &QI QH 2Q CPF VJG $WFFJC UVCVWG collected by the Henderson family of Sedgwick, during their world travels.

Local people tend not to think that there is anything at the museum of interest to them, but there’s an awful lot here. Even the building is fascinating as it dates back to 9G CNUQ JCXG OCP[ QXGTUGCU XKUKVQTU 9G VGPF PQV VQ VJKPM QH Horsham as a tourist destination but we have visitors from all over VJG YQTNF *CXKPI VJG 8KUKVQT Information Centre here has given the museum a huge boost.

People are constantly surprised by how big the museum is; it’s something of a Tardis. People who haven’t been in for a long time – perhaps since they were children – are amazed by how much it has changed. Jeremy likes the museum to look fresh, so he is always buying new and interesting artefacts and selling old items to raise funds.

‘Even the building is fascinating, as it dates back to 1420’

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Bill Matthews

I’ve been helping out for a little over 10 years, having spent 30 years in the police force and a further 12 years at Sun Alliance. My wife, Margaret, volunteered before me and I found I was interested in what she was doing, as I’m quite an anorak when it comes to history. I NQXG ƂPFKPI QWV CDQWV VJG VQYPU that I’ve worked and lived in.

Now we come along together, although we have very different roles. I spend virtually my whole time scanning archive photographs, while Richard deals with the new images coming in. /[ LQD FQGUPoV TGSWKTG CP[ ITGCV brainpower. The archive photos are stored in boxes, perhaps 100 of them, and the museum wants them all scanned so that they can be put on to the computer. The idea is that the public will eventually be able to see these images online.

I’ve been scanning for 10 years and +oO UVKNN PQV ƂPKUJGF 'XGT[ VKOG + think I have reached the last box, another seems to suddenly appear!

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Buildings are my key interest and as I spent many years as a policeman, I’m also fascinated by police force pictures. I’ve come across photos of policemen from the early 20th

century and once found a picture relating to my own research. There are 21 names on the memorial outside Horsham Police Station of 9GUV 5WUUGZ RQNKEGOGP YJQ FKGF KP VJG (KTUV 9QTNF 9CT + RTQFWEGF a brief history of each man for the Policeman’s Benevolent Association.

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I’m also fascinated by the photos taken by Mr Henderson, who travelled all over the world in the 8KEVQTKCP VKOGU 6JGTG CTG HQWT volumes of pictures and I’m currently working on Japan and America. The Japanese pictures have elements of colour in them - which must be very early examples of colour photographs - and they are absolutely beautiful. There are some incredible pictures of royalty and even executions in the collection.

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This is best demonstrated by the large numbers of winter wildfowl inhabiting your local ponds and lakes, and here at Pulborough we certainly have no shortage of dazzling drakes! Our resident wigeons JCXG DGGP LQKPGF D[ +EGNCPFKE XKUKVQTU with the drakes exhibiting their beautiful peach heads and pinky chests, while the pintails are proudly displaying chestnut heads that contrast with their stark white chests, topped off by that characteristic long, black tail.

The mallards, shovelers and shelducks all have extra glossy green heads and the teal are living spectacularly up to their name. The saturation has truly been ramped up on our ducks this season; you’d be quackers to miss it!

Emily Summers RSPB Pulborough